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Meanings of geologic formation in English

Russian
геологическая формация
Portuguese
formacao geologica
Spanish
formacion
Catalan
formació
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Body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface.

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        геологическая формация
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        Examples for "formation"
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        Some warn this time the government formation process could take a year.
        Reuters
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        His comments followed the formation of a Palestinian unity government last month.
        Reuters
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        However, the underlying intracellular mechanisms leading to product aggregate formation remain unknown.
        Pubmed
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        The result is the necessary factor in the formation of the Dweller.
        The Moon Pool
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        The report appears sceptical of current policy formation in the education sector.
        The Irish Times
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        The specimens refer only to the geological formation of the distant interior.
        Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume...
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        The nature of the soil may be inferred from its geological formation.
        The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and Cali...
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        At the end of the fourth day the geological formation changed.
        In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
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        The geological formation of the region I must leave to others.
        The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of...
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        Fortunately the geological formation is principally sedimentary limestone, which offers no great resistance.
        Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
        Usage of geologic formation in English
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        The cabin showed every mark of the owner's interest in the geologic formation of that immediate district.
        The Trail of the White Mule
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        The beds are of great thickness, belonging to two distinct geologic formations.
        New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
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        The professor secured the map of the geologic formations of our continent, and traced it.
        Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities
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        The geologic formations tell us of a time when no life could exist-longages of convulsion and change in the crust of the globe.
        Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World
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        GeoSouthern Energy, based in The Woodlands, Texas, drills for oil and gas in the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford geologic formations in South Texas.
        Reuters